Poster: TMDB
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
- Year
- 1986
- Art
- Kung fuKarate
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Corey Yuen
- Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kim Tai-chung, Dale Jacoby
- Running time
- 94 min
Synopsis
The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father now rejecting violence, Jason is forced to train on his own to protect himself and his best friend from the members of a rival karate school.
Synopsis: TMDB
Why it matters
“No Retreat, No Surrender” is a 1986 film directed by Corey Yuen (United States). Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kim Tai-chung and Dale Jacoby. It is from the 1980s, when Hong Kong cinema combined kung fu, real stunts and action comedy. It puts karate at the centre of the story: the training, discipline and fighting of this art born in Okinawa. To learn about the art itself, see our Kung fu page.
Official trailer
Official channel: Far East Films · YouTube (youtube-nocookie)
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Sources
- Wikidata: Q1326650 (CC0)
- TMDB: 12721 — Poster: TMDB, Synopsis: TMDB
- Official trailer: Far East Films
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Film data: Wikidata (CC0) and TMDB.